Battle of Dublin

The Battle of Dublin (25 June-5 July 1922) was a week of street battles in Dublin, Ireland that marked the beginning of the Irish Civil War. The battle began when a group of 200 Irish Republican Army militiamen under Rory O'Connor, opposed to the Anglo-Irish Treaty, occupied the Four Courts building in Dublin and declared their rebellion against the Irish Free State government. The Irish provisional government decided to storm the Four Courts, using artillery borrowed from the United Kingdom to shell the building and flush the IRA troops out. The Irish National Army proceeded to storm the Four Courts and rout the IRA from the city after a week of bloody fighting, during which 49 IRA members, 16 National Army members, and over 250 civilians were killed. After the Battle of Dublin, the IRA waged a guerrilla campaign against the government that would end in failure.